confirm
/kən'fə:m/
Definition
- Verb:
- To establish the truth or correctness of something: To provide evidence or proof that something is true or valid.
- To make something definite or official: To give formal approval to something, making it binding or settled.
- To strengthen or make more firm: To reinforce a belief, feeling, habit, or position.
- To administer the religious rite of confirmation: To formally admit a baptized person into full membership of a Christian church.
Usage and Examples
- To establish truth:
- Please confirm your email address by clicking the link we sent.
- The DNA test confirmed that he was the father.
- To give formal approval:
- The Senate will vote to confirm the new cabinet member.
- The board confirmed the appointment of the new CEO.
- To strengthen a belief or habit:
- Her success confirmed her belief in hard work.
- The experience confirmed him in his decision to travel.
- Religious context:
- She was confirmed in the church last spring.
Advanced Usage
- "To confirm someone in their...": This structure is used to indicate that an action or event strengthens a person's existing habit, belief, or position.
- The positive feedback confirmed her in her choice of career.
- Legal/Formal Confirmation: Often used in official, legal, and business contexts to denote final authorization.
- The judge confirmed the lower court's ruling.
Variants and Related Words
- Confirmation (n): The action of confirming something or the state of being confirmed.
- We are awaiting confirmation of the flight time.
- Confirmed (adj): Firmly established in a habit, belief, or condition.
- He is a confirmed bachelor.
Synonyms
- Verify: To make sure or demonstrate that something is true, accurate, or justified.
- Validate: To check or prove the validity or accuracy of something.
- Ratify: To give formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid.
- Corroborate: To confirm or give support to a statement, theory, or finding.
Phrasal Verbs
(This word does not commonly form phrasal verbs.)
Related Idioms
- Confirm the worst: To provide evidence that one's worst fears are true.
- The doctor's call confirmed the worst about the test results.
Verb
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administer the rite of confirmation to
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the children were confirmed in their mother's faith
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support a person for a position
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The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense
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make more firm
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Confirm thy soul in self-control!
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strengthen or make more firm
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The witnesses confirmed the victim's account
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establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
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his story confirmed my doubts
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The evidence supports the defendant
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